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And when they went in there the other night with that luminol, which is the chemical that you spray, where you think there is some blood, you turn the lights down, you spray it, and then it illumines a bright blue for about 30 seconds, that's when they found it.

March 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Inspired by detectives on TV shows who often spray crime scenes with a compound called luminol to make the blood glow, researchers are using the same compound to mark sites where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, causing auto-immune diseases.

There was a great planetarium show, an IMAX show on ancient sea creatures, lots of hands-on displays, and a truly wonderful chemistry lab where Katie got to burn different metallic salts and experiment with luminol and flubber.